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10.11 QUIZ - Vocabulary, part 2

Quiz by Craig Parson

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  • Q1
    process in which elements, chemical compounds, and other forms of matter are passed from one organism to another and from one part of the biosphere to another
    biogeochemical cycle
    30s
  • Q2
    the movement of water through the biosphere
    hydrologic cycle
    30s
  • Q3
    Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface.
    Precipitation
    30s
  • Q4
    the water that is beneath Earth's surface
    Groundwater
    30s
  • Q5
    In hydrologic cycle, when liquid water turns into water vapor and enters the atmosphere
    Evaporation
    30s
  • Q6
    loss of water from a plant through its leaves
    Transpiration
    30s
  • Q7
    In hydrologic cycle, when water vapor changes into liquid water.
    Condensation
    30s
  • Q8
    In carbon cycle, the process of burning a carbon-containing substance to create carbon dioxide.
    Combustion
    30s
  • Q9
    the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
    Carbon cycle
    30s
  • Q10
    A natural environment that absorbs and stores more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it releases, which offsets greenhouse gas emissions.
    Carbon sink
    30s
  • Q11
    The transfer of nitrogen from the atmosphere to the soil, to living organisms, and back to the atmosphere
    Nitrogen cycle
    30s
  • Q12
    process of converting nitrogen gas into nitrogen compounds that plants can absorb and use
    nitrogen fixation
    30s
  • Q13
    decomposers like bacteria break dead matter down, returning nitrogen to the soil
    Decomposition
    30s
  • Q14
    the formation of ammonia compounds in the soil by the action of bacteria on decaying matter
    Ammonification
    30s
  • Q15
    the process by which nitrites and nitrates are converted from ammonia by bacteria in the soil
    Nitrification
    30s

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